"Old Asian Women drink hot water" me, a non asian in his twenties, who's always had a cup of hot water in the evening: "Guess it's time for my retirement "
I think when Nigel's ex gave him permission in Feb to use her as his comedy materials, she had no idea that he will blow up exponentially in such a short span of time.
Yeah, his listening face is so boyish and pouty! Who would have thought that trying to let someone finish speaking could make you look younger? Must be the pain of suppressing his narcicism :D
Nigel has a huge point though: talking about politics with friends or co-workers is the nr. 1 way to wreck relationships. You talk about yourself so that your friends have new material to gossip about you behind your back, like you talk about other friends who are not there at the moment. We all bond around gossip, it's scientifically proven, people! :D
@@ILikeBirds Yeah, I can see how that can escalate quickly, as US politics are super polarising. But the biggest issue is that some friends tend to make it personal. So you start discussing different policies but end up accusing each other of being treehuggers, though police or Remy Alone on This World. :D
Listening to y’all from Houston and I just absolutely love the interaction y’all have with each other each and every podcast. Truly entertaining insightful with relatable parallels. Wishing y’all much success and blessings 💜💜💜
I absolutely support and fully condone the positive messaging for asians in this video, comedy and discourse are the best ways to mainstream Asian culture. I am entertained by the overt contrasting spectrum between Nigel's bombastic extrovert and Evelyn's self-deprecating humility, this is the best format to address cultural differences.
super love the honesty and the respect between you two. people should be expressing their feelings just how you guys converse. you've been talking about sensitive topics that most people won't be comfortable talking about even with their closest friends. this is just to say how appreciate you both. more power to your podcast! Hello from Manila :)
in Malaysia the consumers even asking about the materials of the pot, how many layers of the coating,.. that shows how serious we are for rice cooker. Cant live without rice haha #asian
When Evelyn is talking about stereotypes, she is glowing man! It's such a heavy topic but your guys make it so fun. And I agree with her, those characteristics of Asian people become stereotypes is orientalist and uncontrollable. The only thing we can do is to be brave to confront with them and be ourselves.
I’m still on episode 21 zing kingdom ! This one will have to wait for a week before I get to listen and watch it! Happy you guys are so hilarious and so funny and all that asian !! I’m from free Philippines and living in taiwan by the way. I’m still yet to hear or mention a Filipino guest on the show !! I so wanna go to Malaysia now because of yu two ! 😊
Every Asian mum when we: Feel tired: "Drink hot water" Not in the mood: "Drink hot water" Feeling sick: "Drink more hot water" Kudos for Evelyne's description of stereotypes.
Was it just me but I literally just found Evelyn in Spiderman: Far from Home during one of the early scenes when Spiderman is being interviewed by a bunch of reporters.. And she's one them! 😂
I just want to say that those Rice cookers are Hella small, like Im not joking... the Bowl is so tiny that it cant even Feed my fat obese Filipino uncle. The Rice cookers here in the Philippines are so big that it can cook 5-9 kg . Oh and I just want to add on the last podcast when Evelyn said that the 5kg would last for maybe 8months BAHAHAHHAH Im sorry but 5kg is not enough for a day, in my country cuz the amount of family members here living in one household is uncountable. Like you can see 5 generations in a house and that’s a fact HAHAHHAHAH anyways love you guys❤️💅🏻✨
We have bigger sized rice cookers.. This is at the smaller end of the range We agree about the rice bags.. A 5kg bag of rice lasts about one week in our house. Fuji is good for 1 to 4 people.
@@philngreatgaming5481 thank you. That's very kind. We love the podcast. Evelyn and Nigel give us all unique perspectives at the same time as being entertaining. They love and obsess over rice cookers and rice almost as much as we do at Yum Asia which is cool. "If you put shit rice in you get shit rice out" hahahaha. Good rice cookers can only do so much miracle working. 😂😂😂
You know? Rice cookers come in bigger and bigger sizes.... I've seen some that run on PROPANE or city gas! It has occurred to me to buy one just for some possible emergency in the future.... Obviously they don't have any features or modes or play a little song or anything, so the action is like your original 20th century rice-cooker. It might be just the thing in an emergency.
49:35 "I'm choosing to celebrate those archetypes that are in my culture [...] than to let myself be controlled and demeaned [...]" Applause for Evelyn. That's really hard to do, but if you can do it, it's really good for you.
I am connecting with my Asian heritage that I do not even have. I am on a rice cooker pilgrimage (yes I do need the porridge setting) and have a craving for rojak.
my mom ALWAYS ask for boiling hot water.. if the waiter came with warm water, she'll complain 😂 .. but then she'll drink it when it's already warm.. ssooo confusing.. LOL
Re: stereotypes -- I have *opinions* (that don't fully line up with Evelyn's). Thank you Evelyn for expressing your thoughts so well that it helped me to crystalize mine. Like she said, there are harmful stereotypes of minorities that originate in the majority culture with the intent to other and/or demean the minority culture. However, there are also stereotypes that, wherever they originated, are perpetuated by the minority culture about themselves that are also damaging. This second type includes the idea that members of the minority not living up to the stereotype aren't whatever enough to be a true member of the minority culture. Uncle Roger's parody of the second type serves to highlight and disarm those as well (as in when the character says Asians ought to only study engineering/law/medicine with a wink coming out of the mouth of Nigel the comedian). I am not Asian, but when comedians of my own minority culture portray an exaggerated version of the second kind of stereotype of my culture, it makes me cringe. Yes, a character still is an exaggeration version of the stereotype even if there might be dozens or even hundreds of real-life people who are exactly like the character. It is difficult to watch in part because they are playing to the majority and reinforcing the first kind of othering and demeaning stereotype to those who already have a too-narrow view of us, and because they are sending a message to those of us that do not sufficiently conform to our group's internal stereotype that not only will we always be other to the majority, we are other to our own group. Somehow it doesn't make it much better when they are actually funny, because then I feel bad for laughing. So, thank you Nigel too -- maybe I'll give Larry David a second chance.
Not only asian lady, did you ever see people who drink hot beverages at noon on blazing day? it's me male 27 years old as an Indonesian drink Hot Tea or Americano at noon on blazing day
You two are bringing so much to (damnit - was going to say European culture) RUclips culture about diversity - it coming from Malaysia or Sweden - I love you two (Evelyn more tho)
Asia Mom: Can'T sleep? Drink hot water! Headache? Drink hot water! Having a cold? Drink hot water! Depressed? Love sick? Drink hot water! Still depressed? Drink MORE hot water !
I prefer washing the rice in a bowl because 1.) Every washing gets the grains into more contact with the water, therefore more flour is washed off the grains. 2.) You can save the rice wash for another purpose. The first wash (the one with the most flour) can be used to water plants or used as hair treatment. The second wash can be used for cooking - it’s especially good for broth-based dishes like sinigang as it can help thicken the broth a bit.
@@lynisganda01 ah I see. I don’t personally use the rice water, so for me, manually swirling the rice under running water in sieve is an efficient way to remove the excess starch
Asians drink hot water cos in the past that's the only way to get clean water (sanitary conditions were not so good) and the habit stuck for generations. Not just in East Asia where it gets cold and wintery, but also in Malaysia and Singapore where its hot all year round. In Singapore and Malaysia, youngsters who grew up drinking iced milk tea/ bubble tea are also starting to convert to hot beverages and some bubble tea stores now sell warm drinks 🤣
Hmm I don't think sanitary conditions are the main reasons why Asians today prefer hot water. First off, East Asian countries had abundant access to fresh clean water throughout its history, which is why they were able to maintain such a highly populated agriculture based communities so early in human history for such a long time. They had sanitary issues only when 1. Wars broke out, 2. Cities got too crowded and basic civic services started failing 3. Poverty was so bad that people started eating random things. At the turn of the 19th century, all 3 of these disasters struck the Asias, which is why some may mistakenly think Asia always had dirty water. All civilizations that achieved high population density and sanitation problems started drinking treated water like coffee, tea or alcohol. Europeans also had to drink alcohol and coffee to avoid drinking contaminated city water, but today they don't actively seek to drink hot water. In places like Mexico today people drink alcohol more than water because the waters are dirty. But again, they dont go out of their way to get hot water. Asians drinking hot beverages actually has more to do with traditional beliefs and Chinese medicinal practices than anything else. Somewhere in history, some fanous Chinese herbal medicine doctor stated that we need to keep our stomachs warm to keep your health. And ever since then most if not all East Asian cultures had been drinking hot beverages whenever possible. In China, people drink beer that's been sitting outside in room temperature because they believe that ice cold liquids are bad for your body. Thats how much they avoid cold water.
@@OYT0724 indeed. What i said previously was a generalisation that only considered a rather recent part of Asia's history where clean water was hard to come by. In the last century, the wars, overpopulation and poverty in some parts of Asia did lead to widespread health issues and drove governments to start public health campaigns encouraging people to boil their water before drinking. From what I read, even the CCP and KMT were agreeable on this. I would also guess that for the thousands of years where wars broke up in Asia, they would also have known about drinking hot (treated) water. And you're right, what underlies the will of the general populace to prefer hot water is the widespread acceptance of traditional medicine concepts. The medicinal framework done up by ancestors still persist today and their texts are still being studied. And the ideal is to achieve 'balance' between all elements. Drinking hot water (a 'yang' beverage) is to adjust one's body to achieve balance with cold weather (a 'yin' environment) or to balance out a 'yin' body type (i.e. weaker and more susceptible to flu). Beer is considered a 'yin' beverage and is not good for you if you have a 'yin' body type. Ginseng is typically very 'yang' and can be consumed to get more vigor or to balance a 'yin' condition, but overconsumption could overdrive your body and cause nosebleeds/fevers. In addition, traditional medicine also seeks to manage the flow of Qi, and balance the 5 elements (metal/wood/water/fire/earth) very much like fengshui. In all, the prescription of any medicine or treatments to any patient is to achieve balance. In Singapore and Malaysia there is an additional perspective. Though temperatures are high all year round, the older people here, including the chinese diaspora largely prefer hot drinks. For many, it is because they work in air-con environments and need the hot drink to warm them up. But you can also see people drinking hot coffee while eating a bowl of noodles in boiling hot soup while it's 32 degrees celsius. This is because they find it cooling when the body sweats. This is similar to the preference of spicy foods in this region (bless the amazing Malay, Indonesian, Indian, Peranakan cuisines here full of spice and flavor and chilli) and also the preference of hot chicken soup in Korea during the summer. You can take your mind off the sweltering heat with something hotter, and feel better after you sweat it out
Tried to use the code with YumAsia to get a panda rice cooker and got an error message - "Warning: Coupon is either invalid, expired or reached its usage limit!" Has it been maxed out?
Hi. Thank you for your interest in Yum Asia. The code is not available as we now have our black Friday deals ongoing. These deals are better than the code but will be ending soon.
It hurts me to say, but I miss the gym and I hate the gym, hahahah. But I won't go back as the pandemic still on (even worst in my country where the first wave didn't end), because it's a dirty place… remember, we learned in 2020 people don't wash their hands properly. 😬
Ah I love Evelyn so much, she articulates her points so thoughtfully. Loving the podcast guys!
Right? I always thought she's very articulate and I really love her personality!
"Old Asian Women drink hot water" me, a non asian in his twenties, who's always had a cup of hot water in the evening:
"Guess it's time for my retirement "
Evelyn: “...you could talk about anything not you”
Nigel’s face... priceless
•_•
“Wait no, that’s illegal...”
🤣🤣🤣
I think when Nigel's ex gave him permission in Feb to use her as his comedy materials, she had no idea that he will blow up exponentially in such a short span of time.
Lol probably
Loving Evelyn’s outfit! Peach blazer & jeans with that blonde hair?! I meaaaaan...
51:40 Evelyn’s points on reclaiming and controlling the narrative of cultural stereotypes was so powerful.
😂😂😂 Nigel eyes are looking everywhere while Evelyn is talking he's just waiting for his turn to speak 😜
Yeah, his listening face is so boyish and pouty! Who would have thought that trying to let someone finish speaking could make you look younger? Must be the pain of suppressing his narcicism :D
Everytime i watch this podcast i always love how Evelyn enjoy the opening song.. it's really cute and make me want to hug her 😆
Yea they have a cute bobble head thing going 😄
The way Nigel keeps Rubbing the Ceramic rice Bowl when talking about his Ex wife 😂😂
I was expecting Nigel to say "She's so smart" after Evelyn's great comments about stereotypes. lol
It's rare to see Nigel quiet down in podcast, and I agreed with what Evelyn said about stereotype. #Malaysianfans
Nigel has a huge point though: talking about politics with friends or co-workers is the nr. 1 way to wreck relationships.
You talk about yourself so that your friends have new material to gossip about you behind your back, like you talk about other friends who are not there at the moment. We all bond around gossip, it's scientifically proven, people! :D
Yeah, I don’t talk to my friend about politics because she’s a trump supporter and I’m a Biden supporter 😬
@@ILikeBirds Yeah, I can see how that can escalate quickly, as US politics are super polarising. But the biggest issue is that some friends tend to make it personal. So you start discussing different policies but end up accusing each other of being treehuggers, though police or Remy Alone on This World. :D
YES! gossips about people around you is the best topic to talk to
@@fitriaahsani1286 😂 yes
@@ILikeBirds sounds like your friend is the smart one, you should listen to her
Listening to y’all from Houston and I just absolutely love the interaction y’all have with each other each and every podcast. Truly entertaining insightful with relatable parallels. Wishing y’all much success and blessings 💜💜💜
I Love that duo ! Greetings from Tricity in Poland 😘
Every time they mention Yum Asia, I start laughing before even they start making joke about it
I absolutely support and fully condone the positive messaging for asians in this video, comedy and discourse are the best ways to mainstream Asian culture. I am entertained by the overt contrasting spectrum between Nigel's bombastic extrovert and Evelyn's self-deprecating humility, this is the best format to address cultural differences.
Another great jacket and turtle neck Nigel! 😄 Evelyn as beautiful as ever.
how can i get the free rice? haha
No delivery to South East Asia?
@@feliciahew8714 Not yet....
@@feliciahew8714 lol why you need rice from yum asia? Rice grow right on your next door btw im Korean 😝
@@YumAsia do u sell e bento stuff to Singapore? It's so cool!!! U sud n I think it will be a hit!!!
super love the honesty and the respect between you two. people should be expressing their feelings just how you guys converse. you've been talking about sensitive topics that most people won't be comfortable talking about even with their closest friends. this is just to say how appreciate you both. more power to your podcast! Hello from Manila :)
in Malaysia the consumers even asking about the materials of the pot, how many layers of the coating,.. that shows how serious we are for rice cooker. Cant live without rice haha #asian
I think I'd have great conversations with Evelyn. She really knows how to articulate topics.
i loooooove this duo. I can listen to Evelyn and Nigel talk all day and laugh my ass off it just lifts my mood so much. Irreplaceable!
You guys are so hilarious when you're plugging Yum Asia. Keep it up!!
When Evelyn is talking about stereotypes, she is glowing man! It's such a heavy topic but your guys make it so fun. And I agree with her, those characteristics of Asian people become stereotypes is orientalist and uncontrollable. The only thing we can do is to be brave to confront with them and be ourselves.
Omg idk why this is so funny like I'm laughing so hard the whole time. Side note: very very good audio 👏
'Lonely women buy crystals eventually.' 😂 This is true yall, my aunt is single and she bought crystals
I can't believe I watch a 30 min. Ad, I'm not complaining tho
Same
That's true! Their conversation flow is so natural.
Same here LoL
Evelyn, you look FUYOH 😍
I’m still on episode 21 zing kingdom ! This one will have to wait for a week before I get to listen and watch it! Happy you guys are so hilarious and so funny and all that asian !! I’m from free Philippines and living in taiwan by the way.
I’m still yet to hear or mention a Filipino guest on the show !!
I so wanna go to Malaysia now because of yu two ! 😊
Maybe use colander to wash the rice before putting into the ceramic bowl. Auntie Hersha should have plenty.
Yay! Get to listen to this new episode before bed! So happy.
It’s 1:15am for me 😂
@@ILikeBirds same
Malaysia time is 2pm noon hehe😘🇲🇾
can't wait for the episode of them talking about" mossol" 😂
Every Asian mum when we:
Feel tired: "Drink hot water"
Not in the mood: "Drink hot water"
Feeling sick: "Drink more hot water"
Kudos for Evelyne's description of stereotypes.
Was it just me but I literally just found Evelyn in Spiderman: Far from Home during one of the early scenes when Spiderman is being interviewed by a bunch of reporters.. And she's one them! 😂
The rice cooker look so cool... especially "The Bento" !! ❤️
OMG the Bento rice cooker is soooo cute. Wish it is available in MY.
I just want to say that those Rice cookers are Hella small, like Im not joking... the Bowl is so tiny that it cant even Feed my fat obese Filipino uncle. The Rice cookers here in the Philippines are so big that it can cook 5-9 kg . Oh and I just want to add on the last podcast when Evelyn said that the 5kg would last for maybe 8months BAHAHAHHAH Im sorry but 5kg is not enough for a day, in my country cuz the amount of family members here living in one household is uncountable. Like you can see 5 generations in a house and that’s a fact HAHAHHAHAH anyways love you guys❤️💅🏻✨
We have bigger sized rice cookers.. This is at the smaller end of the range We agree about the rice bags.. A 5kg bag of rice lasts about one week in our house. Fuji is good for 1 to 4 people.
@@YumAsia A big thumbs up to Yum Asia for sponsoring the show. You folks are the best!
@@philngreatgaming5481 thank you. That's very kind. We love the podcast. Evelyn and Nigel give us all unique perspectives at the same time as being entertaining. They love and obsess over rice cookers and rice almost as much as we do at Yum Asia which is cool. "If you put shit rice in you get shit rice out" hahahaha. Good rice cookers can only do so much miracle working. 😂😂😂
You know? Rice cookers come in bigger and bigger sizes.... I've seen some that run on PROPANE or city gas! It has occurred to me to buy one just for some possible emergency in the future.... Obviously they don't have any features or modes or play a little song or anything, so the action is like your original 20th century rice-cooker. It might be just the thing in an emergency.
That last bit of Evelyn losing it is the best. Again, bless you for taking care of this man's ego.
Nigel was silent because he can't figure out how to do stand up on theology! Hahaha
Love you guys
午休時能看到影片發佈真好
You can tell Nigel was a Data Scientist when he says "garbage in, garbage out". 😂
Give Auntie Hersha a rice cooker for Christmas.
Is so funny on the giving rice cooker during holiday part XD Because that is exactly what my parents did......
I expected Evelyn to walk in with her Yum Asia bento and plug it in. She needs a snack to keep up Nigel. He is really energetic on these podcasts.
Yo, during here from my lunch break, nice to be early lol, I love this podcast
32:36 I feel attacked!!! Gonna hide all my cystals bracelets starting from tomorrow
But Nigel can you review the Muji rice cooker please darling, like showing the features and so on? Thank you! Xx
Nigel wears socks like in "The Cat in the Hat" from Dr. Suess :D ... Maybe he is the Fox in Socks :D
Nigel: "...I'm interesting, I'm more interesting than politics!
Evelyn: " Omg!
(Healthy narcissism keeps clinical therapist away?)
49:35 "I'm choosing to celebrate those archetypes that are in my culture [...] than to let myself be controlled and demeaned [...]"
Applause for Evelyn. That's really hard to do, but if you can do it, it's really good for you.
I am connecting with my Asian heritage that I do not even have. I am on a rice cooker pilgrimage (yes I do need the porridge setting) and have a craving for rojak.
I was waiting for this since morning
my mom ALWAYS ask for boiling hot water.. if the waiter came with warm water, she'll complain 😂 .. but then she'll drink it when it's already warm.. ssooo confusing.. LOL
if you try it, you will find hot water soothing. The water will cool down quickly. Warm water will become room temp real fast.
That's because Evelyn's a fun person when she's podcasting!
Your teamwork is awesome !
40:21
Best part 😂
33:29 lol 😂 😂
Hello 🖐🏻 i love watching you both. 😄 im a fan and subscriber
Love this Podcast
Dr.Sebi said that warm water is the best breakfast. PS. Nice podcast
Love Evelyn’s outfit today. Well put together!
Hi Nigel, if you love rice that much you should get the recognition of a Rice Sommelier or grand-master in Japan. We are very particular about rice! 🍚
i love their dynamic so much
I think I’m already in the old phase as I like drinking hot water tooo (and I’m only in my 30s) 😄😄😄😄😄
Re: stereotypes -- I have *opinions* (that don't fully line up with Evelyn's). Thank you Evelyn for expressing your thoughts so well that it helped me to crystalize mine. Like she said, there are harmful stereotypes of minorities that originate in the majority culture with the intent to other and/or demean the minority culture. However, there are also stereotypes that, wherever they originated, are perpetuated by the minority culture about themselves that are also damaging. This second type includes the idea that members of the minority not living up to the stereotype aren't whatever enough to be a true member of the minority culture. Uncle Roger's parody of the second type serves to highlight and disarm those as well (as in when the character says Asians ought to only study engineering/law/medicine with a wink coming out of the mouth of Nigel the comedian). I am not Asian, but when comedians of my own minority culture portray an exaggerated version of the second kind of stereotype of my culture, it makes me cringe. Yes, a character still is an exaggeration version of the stereotype even if there might be dozens or even hundreds of real-life people who are exactly like the character. It is difficult to watch in part because they are playing to the majority and reinforcing the first kind of othering and demeaning stereotype to those who already have a too-narrow view of us, and because they are sending a message to those of us that do not sufficiently conform to our group's internal stereotype that not only will we always be other to the majority, we are other to our own group. Somehow it doesn't make it much better when they are actually funny, because then I feel bad for laughing. So, thank you Nigel too -- maybe I'll give Larry David a second chance.
They sent Evelyn non-consensual rice
Yaayyy , been waiting for a new episode :)
Nigel was divorced? Anyone, tell me
Yes, he was married to a European lady...
OMG～Unbelievable😱😱😱
I'm American. When Biden won my first thought was "oh, when I run into people from other countries I won't be as embarrassed."
Same
True. Greetings from Tricity in Poland
Not only asian lady, did you ever see people who drink hot beverages at noon on blazing day? it's me male 27 years old as an Indonesian drink Hot Tea or Americano at noon on blazing day
This chemistry is the best!!!
Honestly I want that bento rice cooker, but does not ship to where I live!!!!! 🥺🥺🥺
Yepp, another story from our lovely Nigel Blazer Ng
Nigel: Lonely women buy crystals
Me: Who has been going after crystals and bling ever since can remember 👀👀👀
Even when it feels so hard to talk to Nigel they're still good friends 😂 that's when you know that this is true friendship 👍
I like it when Evelyn waves during the intro music.
Based on Nigel's definition of holidays; I have holidays give days a week - I WORK!
Evelyn is GLOWING
Just remember not all stereotypes are not meant to be taken seriously
okay mr turtle neck is back
Bigger is better. Make more rice and then you have rice for tomorrow’s egg fried rice :):).
Does Yum Asia ship to China? 😂 I live in the land of rice, but I want a cute rice cooker.
姐妹我刚刚看小熊电器有一个差不多的欸！不知道质量怎么样，有点心动
Evelyn: John King?!?! you must be really tired when your eyesight fucks with you like this! xD
I'm already at that age?! I was looking to buy crystals.😂
I don't understand the thumbnail? Where is the center pic of Evelyn from?
I think Nigel is more passionate about rice cookers than uncle roger
You two are bringing so much to (damnit - was going to say European culture) RUclips culture about diversity - it coming from Malaysia or Sweden - I love you two (Evelyn more tho)
Asia Mom: Can'T sleep? Drink hot water! Headache? Drink hot water! Having a cold? Drink hot water! Depressed? Love sick? Drink hot water! Still depressed? Drink MORE hot water !
Wash the rice in a colander (!), better than using a bowl. (Well, a sieve to be more precise).
Haiyaaaa
@@lynisganda01 I’m not even joking 😂
@@jturner1774 double haiyaaa 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I prefer washing the rice in a bowl because 1.) Every washing gets the grains into more contact with the water, therefore more flour is washed off the grains. 2.) You can save the rice wash for another purpose. The first wash (the one with the most flour) can be used to water plants or used as hair treatment. The second wash can be used for cooking - it’s especially good for broth-based dishes like sinigang as it can help thicken the broth a bit.
@@lynisganda01 ah I see. I don’t personally use the rice water, so for me, manually swirling the rice under running water in sieve is an efficient way to remove the excess starch
Asians drink hot water cos in the past that's the only way to get clean water (sanitary conditions were not so good) and the habit stuck for generations. Not just in East Asia where it gets cold and wintery, but also in Malaysia and Singapore where its hot all year round. In Singapore and Malaysia, youngsters who grew up drinking iced milk tea/ bubble tea are also starting to convert to hot beverages and some bubble tea stores now sell warm drinks 🤣
Hmm I don't think sanitary conditions are the main reasons why Asians today prefer hot water.
First off, East Asian countries had abundant access to fresh clean water throughout its history, which is why they were able to maintain such a highly populated agriculture based communities so early in human history for such a long time. They had sanitary issues only when 1. Wars broke out, 2. Cities got too crowded and basic civic services started failing 3. Poverty was so bad that people started eating random things. At the turn of the 19th century, all 3 of these disasters struck the Asias, which is why some may mistakenly think Asia always had dirty water.
All civilizations that achieved high population density and sanitation problems started drinking treated water like coffee, tea or alcohol. Europeans also had to drink alcohol and coffee to avoid drinking contaminated city water, but today they don't actively seek to drink hot water. In places like Mexico today people drink alcohol more than water because the waters are dirty. But again, they dont go out of their way to get hot water.
Asians drinking hot beverages actually has more to do with traditional beliefs and Chinese medicinal practices than anything else. Somewhere in history, some fanous Chinese herbal medicine doctor stated that we need to keep our stomachs warm to keep your health. And ever since then most if not all East Asian cultures had been drinking hot beverages whenever possible. In China, people drink beer that's been sitting outside in room temperature because they believe that ice cold liquids are bad for your body. Thats how much they avoid cold water.
Yes back then we have to boil water to get clean, drinkable water. But how people in Europe/Western drink their water? Before the tap water?
@@OYT0724 indeed. What i said previously was a generalisation that only considered a rather recent part of Asia's history where clean water was hard to come by. In the last century, the wars, overpopulation and poverty in some parts of Asia did lead to widespread health issues and drove governments to start public health campaigns encouraging people to boil their water before drinking. From what I read, even the CCP and KMT were agreeable on this. I would also guess that for the thousands of years where wars broke up in Asia, they would also have known about drinking hot (treated) water.
And you're right, what underlies the will of the general populace to prefer hot water is the widespread acceptance of traditional medicine concepts. The medicinal framework done up by ancestors still persist today and their texts are still being studied. And the ideal is to achieve 'balance' between all elements. Drinking hot water (a 'yang' beverage) is to adjust one's body to achieve balance with cold weather (a 'yin' environment) or to balance out a 'yin' body type (i.e. weaker and more susceptible to flu). Beer is considered a 'yin' beverage and is not good for you if you have a 'yin' body type. Ginseng is typically very 'yang' and can be consumed to get more vigor or to balance a 'yin' condition, but overconsumption could overdrive your body and cause nosebleeds/fevers. In addition, traditional medicine also seeks to manage the flow of Qi, and balance the 5 elements (metal/wood/water/fire/earth) very much like fengshui. In all, the prescription of any medicine or treatments to any patient is to achieve balance.
In Singapore and Malaysia there is an additional perspective. Though temperatures are high all year round, the older people here, including the chinese diaspora largely prefer hot drinks. For many, it is because they work in air-con environments and need the hot drink to warm them up. But you can also see people drinking hot coffee while eating a bowl of noodles in boiling hot soup while it's 32 degrees celsius. This is because they find it cooling when the body sweats. This is similar to the preference of spicy foods in this region (bless the amazing Malay, Indonesian, Indian, Peranakan cuisines here full of spice and flavor and chilli) and also the preference of hot chicken soup in Korea during the summer. You can take your mind off the sweltering heat with something hotter, and feel better after you sweat it out
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You rock, Evelyn! ❤️
Evelyn, you have the nicest voice!
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well said Evelyn on stereotypes!!!
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Evelyn 的衣服和沙发是同系列的也
Growing up in UK, I always assumed it was just my mum who drank hot water.
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It hurts me to say, but I miss the gym and I hate the gym, hahahah. But I won't go back as the pandemic still on (even worst in my country where the first wave didn't end), because it's a dirty place… remember, we learned in 2020 people don't wash their hands properly. 😬
One hour of happiness later and I fall back to my boring, depressing life :')